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Low Virtual Memory

evilcowgod

Posted 21 August 2006 - 03:07 PM

evilcowgod

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Yesterday I bought a new LCD monitor before I had a box monitor the old type, now a problem happens when I start up my computer, it says none or very low virtual memory ive adjusted my page files to let the system use as much as it needs and still it errors. My current ram is at about 352 and the max I can upgrade to is 384 a log of my hijack is:

evilcowgod

Posted 21 August 2006 - 03:57 PM

wannabe1

Posted 21 August 2006 - 04:10 PM

wannabe1

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That is surely a part of the problem, but having an adequate paging file may help. System managed settings will sometimes start you off with too little virtual memory and the system will increase it when it finds it has too little memory for a task. Using no page file will force it to pull it from the available ram...there probably won't be an error, but you may see a drop in performance.

evilcowgod

Posted 21 August 2006 - 05:40 PM

AitrusSkyy

Posted 21 August 2006 - 05:47 PM

Each hard drive will require its own page file... However I reccommend doing what I do...

I have a 40 gig main drive, I install windows on it and small basic programs like messengers or winamp or what not...

Then I have a 160 gig backup, I install all my huge programs to, and keep all my music on and programs. This way you have a quicker running windows because less is on the main drive, and if you ever get a virus or something that ruins windows, you dont usually have to worry about backing anything up because stuff is already on your harddrive...